Font Thingies
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- tyranisus
Font Thingies
Sometimes, more commonly in grotesques typefaces it seems, there is a slice cut into the crotches or vertex's - I'm assuming these letters were cut that way for printing purposes - I cannot for the life of me figure out what those things are called -http://img101.imageshack.us/my.p…
also any suggestions as to what that font that is would be appreciated. Thanks!
- tyranisus0
Link:
[URL=http://img101.imageshack.us...
- radar0
you mean:
http://img101.imageshack.us/my.p…
- gramme0
oh man... i should know...used in St. Louis newspaper...
- tyranisus0
I just figured out the name of the font I think: Amplitude - still no luck as to what you call those little recessed thingamajingers
- tyranisus0
INK TRAP!!!!!
- neverblink0
dammit.. just a couple of seconds too late:
- tyranisus0
thanks for looking neverblink! now if only I can find a comprehensive list of fonts that employ the ink trap . . .
- johndiggity0
off the top of my head:
http://cubanica.com/font/medinag…
http://www.linotype.com/121/bell…a lot of older cuts of certain bolder faces may have some traps as well, but those are a couple of the most pronounced ones i can remember.
- tyranisus0
thanks johndiggity! Bell Centennial is what got this whole ball rolling - I was considering it for a project I'm working on, liked the fact that it had ink traps, didn't especially like how they were round instead of sharp - now i'm working on a one-off of franklin gothic with some custom ink traps for that ass
- johndiggity0
i'm sure there's a franklin gothic with ink traps somewhere. i think i saw a thread about it on typophile...
- ********0
on of spiekermanns fonts uses it.. cant rmember the one.
u tried amplitude as well?
i think officina and dynamo might have them as well.. or it could just be strange joints on the N & M
- Jaline0
crotch, eh?
- tyranisus0
yes. crotch.
- letters20
One could argue different terminology for typography, since there is no one definitive lexicon.
In my experience, the sample you showed employs what people have indeed identified as "ink traps"
On press, we always referred to them as "ink wells", given their form (long and narrowing cuts), and the fact that the "spread" is he amount of increase in size of an image to create an ink trap (which is vastly a different term use).
One may also consider the shape of the "well" or "trap" in choosing the terminology. for example, some of the features of Bell Centennial, the more ciruclar forms of the excess negative area in the joinery, are often referred to as "light wells" given that they dont fill with ink and instead provide excess light to help spearate the parts of the letter.
but again, tomato/tomato.
- jonnyquest0
they are ink traps. a hold out from the letterpress days... those are the strangest ink traps i've seen though...
Take Bell Centennial and enlarge it to 200 points to see real ink traps up close...
- jonnyquest0
check out the x's and the k's
the Bold Listing at the bottom is just jangley as all get out... definitely not a display face... made for phoe listings back in the day.